Brazilian driver Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg of Germany will drive for Formula One team Williams next season. Barrichello, who will be leaving constructors' champion Brawn GP, has won 11 races in a record 284 Formula One starts.

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton put in a stunning final lap in qualifying Saturday to claim pole position for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Entering his final lap, Hamilton was trailing the Red Bull drivers, but timed a lap of 1 minute, 40.948 seconds around the new Yas Marina circuit to beat Sebastian Vettel by almost six tenths of a second.

Bad luck and possibly bad strategy cost Rubens Barrichello another opportunity to win the Brazilian Grand Prix in front of his home crowd and this time it also cost him a chance to stay in contention for the Formula One title.

Jenson Button has won his first Formula One title with a fifth-place finish at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday, taking advantage of mishaps by the other title contenders in a race won by Red Bull's Mark Webber.